KangTheMad:It's rather simple, subby. But apparently rather simple is too much for you, they explain it in the first damn paragraph. "Now, it is being purported by the administrative office of the Chicago Schools that the text is being removed from the seventh grade's literary curriculum, but - in accordance with the United States' First Amendment regarding free speech - the book is not being banned from schools and their libraries."

CPS is backpedaling..... they WERE banning it and planning to remove ALL copies from classrooms and libraries until the Chicago Teachers Union began leaking the letters to the media. Now, they are just saying they wanted it removed from the 7th grade curriculum.

It's rather simple, subby. But apparently rather simple is too much for you, they explain it in the first damn paragraph. "Now, it is being purported by the administrative office of the Chicago Schools that the text is being removed from the seventh grade's literary curriculum, but - in accordance with the United States' First Amendment regarding free speech - the book is not being banned from schools and their libraries."

Jarhead_h:I had never heard of this book, but simply seeing that's it's illustrated makes ask what the hell it's doing in a middle school classrom in the first place. Not against illustrated work for pleasure reading, but academic?

Not sure what you have against illustrations or how that statement even makes sense. I would think it would make kids more likely to read the book. Just because something resembles something else doesn't mean they're the same. Why, I bet Archie and Jughead aren't even in Perseopolis. And I don't think Odie and Nermal show up until Perseopolis II: The Halalasagna Caper.

Open war with Iran would be the dumbest thing the government could do. If you want to topple the Ayatollah, just wait (and make sure you don't Iran do anything utterly stupid in the meantime). There's a huge population of youth in Iran who have no love for the current regime. The hardline supporters are getting old and dying off.

Jarhead_h:I had never heard of this book, but simply seeing that's it's illustrated makes ask what the hell it's doing in a middle school classrom in the first place. Not against illustrated work for pleasure reading, but academic?

It's a graphic novel, telling the life story of the author, who grew up in Shah and then Ayatollah controlled Iran before being sent to Europe for school because things were getting too crazy in Iran. It basically covers the kind of craziness you'd get when a young woman is separated from her family and culture during her young adulthood. It's rather powerful and and saw a movie release as well. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808417/?ref_=sr_1

Jarhead_h:I had never heard of this book, but simply seeing that's it's illustrated makes ask what the hell it's doing in a middle school classrom in the first place. Not against illustrated work for pleasure reading, but academic?

Maybe you should look into this book before just spouting off. Just because it is illustrated does not mean that it is not written for adults.

KangTheMad:It's rather simple, subby. But apparently rather simple is too much for you, they explain it in the first damn paragraph. "Now, it is being purported by the administrative office of the Chicago Schools that the text is being removed from the seventh grade's literary curriculum, but - in accordance with the United States' First Amendment regarding free speech - the book is not being banned from schools and their libraries."